Each of the four volumes in this set lists different articles. Use them all.

Look up your word in the Word List beginning on page 419.

Caveat: only two of the three projected volumes have been published, so this two-volume set only has words up through the letter "O."

Tens of thousands of names from almost every culture, contemporary and historical are included in this unique reference work.

Explains the origins of real & imaginary person & place names.

Tens of thousands of names from almost every culture, contemporary and historical are included in this unique reference work. For each cultural group's onomasticon, an essay outlines its rules for naming, if different from English, along with its use of family names, gender specific names, and name order. A listing of at least 50 first names for each gender and at least 100 family names is then provided for each culture.

Spalding allows 40 centuries of Jewry to speak for itself, not through tears, but laughter; sometimes with a sigh, but mostly in jubilant fashion.

This book is about personal names, something of abiding interest to specialists and lay readers alike.